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peninsula

[puh-nin-suh-luh, -nins-yuh-luh] / pəˈnɪn sə lə, -ˈnɪns yə lə /
NOUN
projecting mass of land
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Yet the roads remain the last way for supplies to reach the peninsula.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Shipping companies including MSC and Maersk are trucking goods across the Arabian peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

“You are all set to go,” a U.S. military officer radioed as the ship glided through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and swung around the peninsula at the northern end of Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

In another sign of its hardening stance, North Korea deleted all references to uniting the divided peninsula from its constitution, an AFP review of the latest version this week showed.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Scarcely one thousand natives remained on the peninsula, according to official figures; the disease had claimed more than five thousand lives.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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